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Pennsylvania’s comprehensive early care and education system spans the formative years of a child, birth-to-age-5, and provides an opportunity to ensure our youngest citizens are starting out on the right track. The report shows more investments in the early care and education workforce are needed to give Pennsylvania children the foundation they need to succeed.

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Infant and Toddler EI is a program that provides services to children from birth to 3 years who have a developmental delay or a high probability of having a developmental delay. Also referred to as Part C EI, these services aim to improve outcomes that are critical to a family’s ability to support their child’s health, optimal development, educational success, and lifelong well-being.

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Pennsylvania’s comprehensive early care and education system spans a child’s formative years, from birth-to-age-5. This report looks deeper at Pennsylvania’s child care and pre-k system complexities and recommends the improvements necessary to ensure the system functions equitably and increases access and affordability for all families in the commonwealth.

• Fact Sheet

Infant and Toddler EI services are structured to identify and meet the needs of young children in five developmental areas: physical development; cognitive development; communication development(language); social or emotional development; and adaptive skills. Infant and Toddler EI depends on state funding support to ensure that every child needing services is referred to and receiving them.

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Start Strong PA is a statewide campaign of partners advocating for increased access to high-quality, affordable child care, beginning with infants and toddlers. The campaign is concerned with the current workforce crisis facing child care providers and families looking for high-quality care.